David Mafokoane loves living and learning. As a child he had polio which left him with a mobility disability. He says moving around is “a bit of a challenge”, yet he is a mover and shaker. He did so well in a learnership run by the Services Seta and Boston City Campus and Business College that the college offered him a position.
He is currently studying while working but still find time to serve as World Cup volunteer over weekends for the entire period of the soccer tournament. Mafokoane tells a little more about his career so far:
What do you do?
I work as an admin assistant in the learnership department of Boston City Campus and Business College. I assist with the behind-the-scenes admin involved in running learnerships.
The learnership department at Head Office not only deals with various setas but also assists our 48 branches spread across the country.
How do you jungle working and learning?
So far, so good – it is convenient that I study and work at the same place.
What is your background?
I matriculated at Mahwibitswane Senior Secondary in Limpopo. The following year, my old school principal asked me to help out at the school because they were short staffed. I came in Joburg in 1997 to study business management at Wits Technikon (now University of Johannesburg)
Due to lack of finances I quit and started working. I’ve done many jobs from catering to sales. I was unemployed for two years and then the learnership opportunity came along.
What did you study?
I did the Services Seta/Boston City Campus Business Administration NQF Level 3 learnership for people with disabilities; I’m waiting for the results of the assessor’s course and presently I’m doing computer clerk course.
What would you say to young people with disabilities?
Don’t give up hope if you’re interested in learning. Many people with disabilities have incomplete education because schools don’t have the right facilities and parents can’t pay for those schools that do have the necessary facilities. Transport is always a problem – I appeal for sponsors to those with disabilities get to work or college.
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